Christina Fay was convicted of 10 counts of animal cruelty, but her legal team says it will appeal. Fay, 59, is scheduled to be sentenced in 3rd Circuit Court within 30 days. Each charge is a Class A...

Newark Mayor Cory Booker wins N.J. special Senate election

NEWARK - Democrat Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., was the unofficial winner of a special election on Wednesday to fill the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat, according to local media.

Booker, who had been heavily favored in polls, defeated conservative Republican Steve Lonegan, a former small-town mayor, according to tallies published online by The New York Times, Politico and the Star-Ledger newspaper.